We changed out babies middle name.. Sister mad

We are naming out daughter Hallie. We were going to have her middle name as Anne bc My sisters middle name is Ann and my sister in laws middle name is Joanne after my husbands grandma. Well over the last week I just hated it and really wanted to honor my grandpa who passed away in December. I was very close with him. His name was Gordon Raymond. Raymond was my great grandfathers name. We thought of using Ray but spelling it Hallie Rae. I cried because it felt so special to me having a peice of him in our babies name. My sister is mad. This is also the same sister who got mad at me for getting pregnant with my last baby (that I lost) bc my due date was too close to her wedding date. Just want some support for my change of name. I'm nervous to tell my sister in law the middle name now. I don't want them to think its anything against them but my sister thinks it is

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I think Ann is too common like Marie. I love the meaning behind using Rae and the way it flows better with the first name. My mom suggests names to me all the time and I just tell her YUCK! I'm not naming my baby that. I ended up telling her I didn't even like my own name so what makes her think I would take her suggestions lol it sounds meaner than how I said it but I was so annoyed because she was saying she didn't like my 2010 lo name Alaina because "she's never heard it". I just keep telling people I don't know what I'll name my baby. They will find out once she us born and have no say on what it will be!!

This is my first baby and everyone on my side of family and my SO's tried to pick the name for us/ have her named after them & we are naming her after nobody ! I'm sure everybody's not happy about it but its our baby and I want to love the name ! You should definitely go for what you want !

i think Hallie Rae sounds much better... then Hallie Anne.. Ann, Anne, Anna, they are very common and way over used.... however i do like PPs idea of Hallie Rayanne or even split themiddle name and give her two.. they are tiny names not like its 9 letters a piece... Hallie Rae Anne (very beautiful name!!!!!!)

the reason i say they are small names and not big.. is because my sons name is William Nathaniel.. and hes got lots of letters and people always comment on how BIG of a name that is for a little boy, and how hard it will be for him to learn it... its 16 letters just for 2 names.... Hallie Rae Anne is only 13 letters for 3 names.. so its not long.. and super cute!